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Comment
. 2008 Jan-Feb;12(1):258-9.
doi: 10.1111/j.1582-4934.2007.00214.x.

Tau kinases and phosphatases

J Avila  1
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Tau kinases and phosphatases

J Avila. J Cell Mol Med. 2008 Jan-Feb.
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Insulin (or related compounds) signalling could affect, in two opposite ways, to tau phosphorylation. In one way (left), it will inhibit the main tau kinase (GSK3), decreasing the modification in tau molecule. On the other hand (right), it will decrease PP2A activity, increasing the level of tau phosphorylation. It seems that the overall effect, from these opposite effects, is an increase in tau phosphorylation.
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